An Entire Family From Minsk Was Sentenced To Five Years In Prison

• 25.08.2025, 13:00

This became known to human rights activists.

61-year-old Minsk businessman Gennady Savritsky, his 59-year-old wife Irina and 23-year-old daughter Violetta Verbitskaya were sentenced under the article on "incitement to hatred" (part 1 and 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code) to five years in prison, writes the human rights center "Viasna".

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The family was sentenced in 2024, but it became known only now. Irina and Violetta are serving time in IK-4 in Homel, Gennady - in IK-15 in Mahiliou.

According to human rights activists, the family was detained because of a video message against the violence of law enforcers, which Gennady, Irina and Violetta recorded in 2020.

The video in question was created before the elections, in June 2020. It is known that Violetta Verbitskaya began her appeal in it with the words: "I want to appeal to the law enforcement agencies, who took an oath to protect and defend their people, and you beat and intimidate us. Who gives you such orders to beat up your own people to keep us in fear...".

The video was spread in several personal correspondence in WhatsApp, besides, Gennady sent it to his work chat in Telegram.